Subject: needed upgrade

From: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 04 May 1997 11:51:54 -0700

While your program has been fun to play, it's starting to get a bit
boring.  The reason being threefold: (1) it doesn't recognize gammons
and backgammons, (2) no doubling, and (3) some very foolish moves (like
opening up multiple pieces to be hit in highly probable hit situations
which gives much to much advantage to the opponent or leaving pieces in
the back area when a loss is evident and permitting a backgammon).

Since you do not have doubling in your program, the dice should even
things out over time if the players are relatively equal in ability.  I
do not consider myself a particularly great player although I'm probably
a little bit better than average so my constantly beating your program
tells me it is mathematically weak.

How about an upgrade to make it more of a challenge?